davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-16
Prevailing Prices

Showing the prevailing prices paid for live
stock on this market:
Choice steers, 1900 to 1900 lbs. S3. s5Ca3.95
Choice steers, 100 to 1900 lbs... 310t6as5
Fat little steers 800 to 1850 lbs. -. 320td3.50
Corn-fed range steers 1900 to 400 330i63.GO
Good to choice cOrn.fed cows.... 2.75tr3.00
Common to medium cows....... 2.00(G2O
Good to choice bulls 2OWd2. 30
Light and medium hogs .,,. 5.0ud5 10
Good to choice heavy hogs...... 5.l5t6525
Good to choice mixed hOgs 5.05d5l5
Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-16
nAy-,c nrroTATrONa

MONEY ON CALL-Was easy at 4(95 per
cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-5H96 per
cent.
STERLING ExCuANGE--Dull but steady
at S4.sa for sixty day bills, and x4.s3lG
tor demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-16
Sheen
1SeCeiDts,

There was nothing doing in the market.
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Looking for His Lily.

Not SO very many years ago couple
newly married stopped at the Ryan for the
night They hailed from somewhere in, the
valley of the Red district. and had money
enough to make small ripple in the city.
The bride retired early; but the groom, still
feeling his oats, went out to see the town.
He visited number Of the prominent resorts,
and about midnight found himself in the
hotel elevator. Calmly transfxing the hoist
boy with his eye, he addressed him: @My boy
ish swheres my brideshi Swhere's my turtle
dover
The boy, of course, could not answer him.
But finding the number of his room he at
tempted to take him there.
"NoshirI" said the inebriate HIsh-hic-
wansh shiny cooling dove. She's the rosesh Of
the valley, she is"
Everybody in the rooms along the hall was
awake by this time and several heads peeped
over the transoms.
"Shes-a-a-a-hic-la be con.
tinued, "a swan Of the sea- Where'sh shel
Thatsh what l want-hic-to know? Whosh
stole my cuckoo from meshg"
By this time they were at the door Of his
room. 1t suddenly opened, hand and arm
clothed in white was thrust out and the un-
fortunate yanked in with terrific jerk and
this remark;
Heres your rose of Sharon and lily of the
valley, you old fool Go to bedl"-Pioneer-
Press
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Sweet Green Leaves.

Take me to the hillside, take me to the
hillside,
Where the scarlet pimpernel and star
~ daisies grow,
Where the woodbine wreathing greets
the Zephyrs breathing,
Where the foam-pearls dance upon the
ripple as they flow.
Take me to the valleys, where the thick
shady alleys
Will lead me to red clover fields and
plains Of yellow sheaves,
And I'll sing to bees and flowers, I'll tell
the woodland bowers
That the heart brings back Its old love
to the sweet, green leaves.
Take me where birds ay, take me where
the herds lie.
Where the ringdove nestles and the
browsing heifer lows,
Where the brake will hide me from the
fawu beside me,
Where the pebbly runnel kisses wild
moss, reed and rose,
Take me where the sun light only sheds
dun light,
Where the arm of lady birch with OAK
and alder weaVes,
And their branches, bent With glory
shall tell the same old story,
That bird and poet sing the best 'mit
sweet, green leaves.
Eliza Cook.
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The Power of Concentrat,on.

believe the men who rule the world are
those who have got the power of concen-
tration. That is not to decry the power of
word painting. When you wish the people
to see truth you must not spare the coloring.
Iteration and reiteration are the only ways
Of getting a ball through the steel plated
brains of bigots. Hit spot once, they are
mad; twice they shiver and stagger; three
times, they are terrified and say if he hits
there again he'll be through, sure; four times,
and you penetrate. But the ball must be
concentrated and solid
The power and influence of the newspaper
has Been Of necessity 20 teach concentration.
Nearly its whole make up is itemized. One
murder, ten lines; a political speech of three
hours, foureen lines; the doings of congress
'or a whole day, half column; railroad
affairs for the whole United States, itemized
in two columns; editorials short and pithy
and pungent Everything must be so ar
ranged that you can read at glance.
This is no trifiing matter, dear reader, and
you know it right well. Life is short. There
are $4,000 English words, not counting 10000
slang words. The possible permutations and
combinations of all these is incompatible.
No author, speaker or writer should under
take to handle words except just enough to
express an exact idea--@obe- Democrat.
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Grains of Gold.
Consume little time in regret.
Sentiment is the shadow of the sol

Consume little time in regret.
Sentiment is the shadow of the soul.
Most pleasure embraces US but to
strangle.
Much that men get for nothing is
dearly bought.
Perfection is performed by slow de.
gress; she requires the hand of time.
When pride and poverty bave to shake
hands, the meeting is bitter one.
A man who is not ashamed of him
self need not be ashamed of his early
condition.
The worst prison is not of stone. 1t
is of a throbbing heart outraged by an
Infamous life.
Those who know most are generally
the best listeners and the most anxious
to know more.
Whether happiness may come or not,
we should try TO prepare ourselves to do
without 1t.
1t is easier to say than to unssy what
has been said. Therefore think we'll be-
fore you speak i'll.
The chief cause of our misery is less
the violence OF our passions than the
feebleness Of our virtues.
Contentment is good thing until it
reaches the point where it sits in the
shade and let's the weeds grow.
What is experience? A poor little
hut constructed from the ruins of the
palace of gold and marble called illu-
sion6.
You find yourself refreshed by the
presence of cheerful people. Why not
make an earnest effort to confer that
pleasure on others?
There are treasures laid up in heaven.
treasures of charity, piety, temperance
aud soberness. These treasures a man
takes with him beyond death when he
leaves this world.
Let our reason. and not our senses, be
the rule of our conduct, for reason will
teach US to think wisely, to speak pru
IDENTIFY, and to behave ourselves worthi>
ly upon all occasions.
We should hold fast to principles al
all cost. and work directly in the line of
our best ideals; thus not only will our
consciences be clear and our characters
pure, but our lives will be fruitful in
the best results.
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Wheat IA per cent, rye "a. oats 9S;
tobscco, acreage 50, condition 90; clover
s4; timothy S5; damage by grub worms
!; hogs, to be fed for summer market
80, condition "a; spring pigs saved 80;
sheep. number compared with the last
seven years 81, condition Sc; spring
lambs saved 91; farmers using fertiltZ>
ers, on corn per cent, on potatoes 4. on
oats L.
The showery weather since June
has caused rust to appear in some CT the
best wheat in the bottom lands and also
caused that on strong land to ledge.
The extent of damage from this new
feature can not now be estimated. The
same conditions of weather have inn
proved the proopect of oats and mead
Ows.
The decline in fruit prospects since
the May report is about fifty points for
apples and cherries. Peaches and pears
promise about half crop.
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ing certificate, and the directors of a school
binding?
2. What is Board of EducationI What are
its powers and dutiesS How organizedf
3. Whose duty is it to take the enumeration
In case he fails, what provision does the law
make, if any?
4. What is the compensation of scho,, direc-
tors? What are their qualifications?
5. What is school district Also, joint
ubdistrictf How may village become q
village district
6. What must a certificate show?
Z. When may school commissioner hold
county institute?
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TO THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

RIwzre YOU IN moments Of reflection,
Though criticism may be fair and true,
I'd not 20 in too much for viviseetion,
HIwere you
would not take the flowers Of life and tear them
Apart their inner secrets all to view,
I'd pluck them gently, reverently wear them,
nIwere you
I'd leave some gossamer of tender fancies
In Life's wide meadow, gemmed along with
dew,
fl were you.
II were you I'd leave some twilight hours
yfwixt glaring daylight and the nights black
hue,
Some neutral tinted scenes-sone shady bowers.
nIwere you
would not let the oil Of liberation
The sameness of one general width Of view"
Subdue the free waves motion TO stagnation,
nIwere you
I'd not laugh down enthusiasm's fire
As antique and highhown-rd leave some few
Sparks Of a noble rage, generous ire,
II 4 were you.
And oh, amid the rush for wealth or pleasure,
And all the hurly buriy and to do,
I'd leave some breathing space some hooks Of
leisure,
Some time for laying up tn enduring treasure,
IIwere you.
Temple Bar
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OFFICIAL FIGURES.
Crop and Stock Report Of Ohio State
Board of Agriculture for June1, 'S7.

The following estimates are based on
reports from nearly 1000 regular town
ship correspondents, received up to June
6. The per cent. of condition is estima-
ted by comparison with full average
condition:
The coming harvest now promises 3O,-
400. 900 bushels; May prospect was u.s.
400, 900. Compared with the average of
the last seven years (S6.670.O00 bushels),
the crop of 1887 will likely fall short
.27O, 900 bushels; May report indicated
shortage on the seven years average
of s270 bushels. The condition up to
June l indicates an increase of four
points, or about 100000 bushels, and
will still fall short of last years crop TO-
100000 bushels.
Condition compared with full average
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Varieties of Oranges.

"The orange is a very deceptive fruit,
said Fulton market fruit dealer the other
morning. ain nine oranges out of ten the
more beautiful their outside appearance the
poorer will be the quality of the fruit within.
The deceptive oranges are the result of allow
ing fruit to remain on the trees to color after
they are fully developed. The young fruit
on the same tree abstract the juices from the
full grown orange until nothing remains but
a spoSSy, wool like ball covered with rough,
thick but brilliant colored skin, which is of
no use except to makers Of JAM"
HHow many varieties Of oranges come to
New Yorlcs" asked the reporter.
"The list is a long one. 1t includes the Ha-
vana, the Jamaica, the Porto Rico, the Mas
sau, the Abbieco, the Louisiana and the Flor
ent ports on the Mediterranean sea and the
five different varieties from California are
classed by dealers as summer fruit. All these
varieties Of orange come to the port of New
York. We can, therefore, supply the world
with oranges the year round. New York
Sun.
Young Women in College.
A writer in The Popular Science Monthly
says college work is by no means injurious to
female students Young women in college
are in far better health than young women in
society, are healthier as seniors than they were
as freshmen, and average fewer cases Of i'll
ness than are shown In mons colleges, while
statistics show that they enjoy n sum total Of
twenty per cent. better health than the aver
age woman. Chicago Times.
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On! if l had only known that in timr.
Known what2 known that simple cold iu
the head may develope into chronic catarrh.
Well. it isn't too late, for Ely's Cream Balm
will cure catarrh even after the sufferers life
has become burden to him, and he nuis-
ance to his friends; it is the only radical and
thoroughly scientific caiarrh cure known; not
3 snuff; not liquid. Price so cts,
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The ..Fire kine..~ ointmant.

A writer in an English fire paper says the
show1nen who perform such wonderful feats
with fire, and announce themselves as Hfire
kings" and as being freproof, use an oint-
ment made by dissolving two ounces of cam
phor in four ounces of aqua vitae, and then
adding two ounces of liquid storax and two
ounces of quicksilver. Two ounces of hena-
tite, beaten into powder and mixed with the
above ingredients, completes the mixture;
and when it is rubbed on the hands, red hot
iron may be held in the hands and bent
double, or by its use one can safely walk on
red hot irons If used too often it discolors
the skin. Perhaps some fireman will try it,
though we cannot say that the result would
be satisfactory or not.-Boston Transcript.
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Bucklen's ArnIca saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises,
sores, ulcers. salt rheutl, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay
required; il is guaranteed 10 give perfect sat.
isfaction or money refunded; price s5c. pei
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clairsville, Ohio. 2 1917
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GOING WEST.

All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullmnn's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleep
ing Cars through without change from steu-
benville east to Philadelphia and New York;
west 70 Oolumbuss Cincinnati, Louisville, Ohi~
cogo, indianapolis and st. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage chscks, sleep
Ing car Recommendations and any further iaS
formation, apply to JOHN q. TOMLINSON.
Ticket Agent at Panhandle station. foot OF
Eleventh street, or q. city ticket ONCE, under
McLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES MoCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
e. A. FORD,
Genr Pas. and Tkt Ag't. Pittsburgh, Pa.
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They tell in Buffalo of faithful workman
Engaged in extra dangerous work, who in
iured his hand very severely. As the sur
geon was attending to him the foreman hur-
ried in and said: "Sam, what time was it
when you got hurt" about O'CLOCK. Why
10 you asks" $50 may know when to dock
gcu.n-New York Sun.
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The Intelligent ComnosItor.

@Ahi what's this7" exclaimed the intelligent
compositor "'Sermons in stones, books in
the running brooks? That can't be right.
have It'll He means Sermons in books, stones
in the running brooks That's sense" And
that is how the writer found it. And yet he
was not happy.-Boston Transcript.
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The Dismal Swamp.

The famous Dismal swamp is no longer
used as a shelter for runaway negro slaves,
of course, but it is believed to be the hiding
place of at least 10 white men who for various
reasons want to retire to private life for u
kpel
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GEOGRAPHY.
(Omit any two.)

l. Define orbit. Distinguish between the
rotation and the reOOIution of planet.
2. What causes winds? What are the trade
winds? The sirocco?
3. What is the area of Rhode Island? Why
has Rhode Island two capitals?
4. Which lies nearest the equator, Barnes
vile or Paris? Paris or Berlin? Berlin or Pekin?
5. State clearly in what way the Rocky
Mountain system affects the climate of the U. s.
6. Ohio: Q) Area; ~ Number of counties;
(3) Three largest cities; a. Chief export; (5)
Population.
7. What form of government has Switzer-
land? Russia2 Brazil? China2 Chill?
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Ali trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cbeseland forWheeling at II 10
p m IL 10 pm, arriving at 5 IL p N and IS am
Z. A. FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Ag't, Pittsburgh Pa
JAMES MOCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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The total number of railroad accidents in
Germany last year was 2, 175. The number
Of persons killed or died within twenty-four
hours after the accident was 476.
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READING.

lOmlL any CWO.J
1. State the use of pauses and punctuation,
and their relation to each other.
2. What is. the object of silent readingf
Audible reading2
8. How is infection influenced by emphasisf
How accent?
A. What is the ssword method"l
5. What is quality? Name five kinds?
6. How would you break up the habit of
stammering and miscalling wordsP
Z. "BehOld this ruin! twas skull,
Once of ethereal spirit full;
This narrow cell was life's retreat;
This space was thoughts mysterious seat. F"
Indicate the pauses, infection, and emphatic
words in the above.
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Time table for east and west corrected TO
Jan 81, 1887. Trains leave Panhandle sta
tion, Wheeling, feot OF Eleventh street, near
public Ianding-Central Standard time
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East and North to Pittsburgh and Clevelsnd:

Condemned timetable Of passenger trains
corrected TO Jan. 81. 'S7, Central Standard Time.
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CLEVELAND, LORAlN s. WHEELING
" RAILRoAD-TIME SCHEDULE.

In effect Nov IA, &c. New Standard, sOth
Meridian time, which Is % minutes slower
than Columbus time.
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WRITING.

" (Om1 any tWo.J
1. Analyze A, 3, h, r, d.
3 Should beginners write rapidly or SLOWLY
Why?
g. When should the forearm movement be
used?
4. Give rules for spacing between letters,
words, and sentences.
5. What is a space? Illustrate by writing |,
a, s, t, l., y.
6. Give full directions for writing E.
Z. At what age should the script letters be
taught?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-06-16

For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh's
Porous Plasters; price 25c. At Psttersons'.
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DTTSBURGH, CINCINNATI 8 ST.
i LOUIS RAILROAD Pan Handle Route
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ARITHMETIC.
H. L. PECK,
(Omit any tuo1


(0mit any two)
1. A and B together own $50 acres of land.
Four-fifths of AS share is acres less than "a
of BIS. How many acres has each.
2. A dishonest grocer sold sugar by Troy
weight. What per cent. did he gain by the
fraud? What per cent. did his customers lose2
). At what price must U. S. As be bought
that the investment shall yield per cent? U.
S. IS bought at leo yield what rate of interest
on the investment.
4. A note for $3.50, payable on demand,
bearing SO interest, was dated April 10, 1858.
August 81, 1884, SIPS was paid. Write the
note, and compute the amount due Jan. IL, 1886.
5. What is the ratio of the area of circle
feet in diameter to the area of one 6 feet in di-
ameter? The ratio of the solid contents of a
sphere 3 #. in diameter to the contents of one
6 feet in diameter2
6. The sum of 81 and 2 So is what per
cent. of the quOtient obtained by dividing
8 Ali by 21-3?
Z. A and B can do piece of work in 90 days
If A does q as much as B in how many days
can each do it alone?
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GOING SOUTH.

DENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
L (oPERATING)
Cleveland d Pittsburgh 2. z
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GRAMMAR.
s. c. MURPHY.


(Omit any two, except the last.)
1. Outline system of language lessons.
2. Correct the following, if necessary, and
give reasons fer change: (a) He died with the
fever. (b) He laid down on the sand. (c) Sit
the lamp on the table and let it set there. Id)
You and me and John will go to the eIamna-
ton. (e) Jane has went.
). Write sentence employing all the different
kinds of pronouns, and parse them.
4. Define the following: Case, agreement,
verb, participle, complement, partcipial objec-
tive, factitive predicate, analysis, synthesis,
simile, and metaphor.
5. Diagram: "Now must l teach to hsso the beech,
The hand that held the glaive,
For leaves to spread our lOwly bed,
And stakes to .fencs our cave"
6. Parse italicized words in the above.
Z. Write short letter to your friend A..
stating that you attended tie examination here,
and giving him the most difficult question in
this list.
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baltimore 6 OHIO RAILROAD.
ID FEBRUARY 81, 1887.
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ORTHOGRAPHY.

(Omit any two.)
l. What is phonic spelling? When should il
be used?
2. Define orthography, orthoepy, philology
hieroglyphics, chirography.
8. Indicate the correct pronunciation of the
above words.
4. Prefix ad to firm, lay, point, tone, claim,
join, null, mix, quit, rive, and give its meaning
5. Write five suffixes, and give their meaning.
with words to illustrate.
6. Why is it necessary to represent several
different sounds by the same letter?
7. What letters are always substitutes? Why!
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SCHOOL Law

NOnlJ any tWO.D
1. Is contract between a teacher, not hav-
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
The following are the questions propounded
at the Teachers Examination at
Morristown, Ohio, June nth, 1857.
U. 8. HISTORY.
L. H. WATTERS.
(Omit any two.)

(Omit any two.)
l. Into what epOchs or periods would you
divide the history of the United Statesf
3 Name an important event of each period
and give its date.
3. Who were John Cabot, Melendez, Ribaut
Raleigh, and Hudson?
4. What is the Peabody fund.-
s. What noted riots have occurred in the Q
S.? State the cause and give the date of each
g. How did the Mississippi Valley come into
the possession of the English? Bound the q
S. as it existed at the close of the Revolution
airy War.
T. With what events are the following names
associated: Oglethorpe, Gates, Genet, Ander'
son, Custer.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE.

l.Of what value are school reports2 By
whom are they prepared?
,. To what extent do you act upon the ad-
vice of directOrsf
3. What exercises outside of the regular
class work do you have in your schoolP
A. Should pupils be allowed to help one an
other in the preparation of their lessonsf
5. State three or four difficulties YOU have
met with in your experience. How do you deal
with them?
SCHOOL, LAW.
(Omit any two.)